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Newsletter 477 - 26/09/2025
that an opinion poll bounce has failed to materialise and the government continues to be dogged.... Since last week, a steady stream of opinion polls has indicated that although the relief package announced by the Prime Minister was fairly well-received, this has not translated into any major gains
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Greek austerity programme compromising some basic rights, EU Parliament report finds
Society, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) has found. The study, entitled “The impact of the crisis... the many problems and negative side-effects caused by what has been a large and rapid fiscal... that in the education, where the state budget for the Education Ministry has fallen from 5.645 billion in 2005
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Tsipras clears hurdle but isn't over finishing line
Agorais still debt relief. As is the case with the counter-measures, Tsipras has talked up this side... of the review and the damage it has done (Greece’s growth forecast for 2017, for instance, has been... if the government meets its 3.5 percent of GDP primary surplus targets. The coalition has been somewhat disingenuous
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Newsletter 168 -29/06/2018
the democratic legitimacy to sign the deal. The two departures mean that the coalition now has 152 MPs (145... that will lead to speculation about how much longer the coalition can survive. Kammenos has added... businessman Ivan Savvidis, with whom the coalition has had a close relationship until recently. The term
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Unemployment rate edges down for sixth straight month to 26.8 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomyAgency (ELSTAT). The historical data has been revised, meaning the average unemployment for 2013 has now settled at 27.5 percent from 27.3 percent previously, while the September 2013 peak figure now... years, it has dropped by 23.7 percent. At the same time the YoY movement in the number of unemployed
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Tsipras issues rare MP ouster, focusses on pinning ND down over ICU data
PoliticsGreek Politicscomment. Tsipras has been notoriously reluctant to dismiss politicians from SYRIZA.... The SYRIZA president believes that his party has to round off its edges and tone down its rhetoric... such as the Mati fire and the Macedonia name deal, New Democracy has shown an ugly side and the opposition
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Scandal erodes support for ND, complicates path to elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsa month ago suggests that the scandal has soured the mood as far as New Democracy is concerned...-tapping has not been particularly successful. According to Metron Analysis, 61 pct of respondents... PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis. Mitsotakis has insisted that he did not know and that as soon as he
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PM heads north to rally voters ahead of tough winter
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Mitsotakis at the Thessaloniki International Fair. The centre-right party has made it a priority since late... the financial assistance that has been on offer to households and businesses, Greeks still pay...) on the energy market in Europe has been highlighted by the local media, and picked up by opposition
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Greek deflation shoots up to 1.7 pct in October
EconomyMacroeconomytrailing index fell 1.4 percent in October and has remained above the 1-percent mark throughout the year.... Greece experienced deflation for the first time in March 2013 and the CPI has remained negative
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CPI drops by 0.9 pct in August
EconomyMacroeconomytrailing index has dropped by 0.9 percent. The European Commission and the OECD estimate... and has been in negative territory since then. The rate of the CPI decrease accelerated from 0.9 percent
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